Vending receptacle



F. R. GREENE. vENmN'G REcEPTAcLE.

APPLICAUON FILED MAR. 24, |919.

Patented June" 6, 1922..

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Unirse STATES PATENT orties.

FRANK E; GREENE, 0E CHICAGO, ILLINOIS VENDING RECEPTACLE. y

To all whom t may concern.'

Be. it known that I, FRANK R. GREENE, a citizen of the lUnited States, residing at Chicago, in'the county of Cook and State of f Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementl in Vending Receptacles,

of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a vending receptacle for chewing gum, candies and the like which is adapted to display the articles and to hold them so that the purchaser may help himself. I provide in connection with my invention a coin receiving receptacle which is a part of it and is adapted to be locked.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying illustration wherein Fig. 1 is a front elevation with parts cut away.

Fig. 2 is a section along the lines 2--2 of F ig. l.

Fig. 3 is a section along the lines 3 3 of Fig.- 2.

Fig. 4 is a section along lthe lines 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing the modified form of door. n

Like parts are indicated by like characters in all the figures.

A is a base having the horizontal `front extention A1 and the downwardly inclined rear extention A2. It is supported on the cushion knobs A3.

B is a Arear plate of the containing body apertured -at B1 for the removal of coin from the coin receptacle B2. B3 is a door to said Ieceptacle adapted to be locked by the lock CC are side plates extending vertically upward and joined at their rearward edges to the back plate B.

D is a curved upper plate joining the side plates and the back plates and apertured kat D1 for the introduction of coin. hinged hanger by means of which my device may be suspended from a wall, should that n be desirable.

D2 is av Specification of Letters Patent.' Patented June 6, 1922,

Application led March 24, 1919. Serial No. 284,807. i

i.the scale E2 on the side of the partitions in-` stead of 4on vthe front-ofi thecase.

i FF are doors. mounted on the front of my ymachine and carriedwbythe springvfhinges FlF1 and arefnormallyheld -in the closed position by the springs F2. F 3F 3 are handles on the front of the doors by means of which they may be opened.

G is a cushion in rear of the'mirror El and separating it from the front plate G1 of the coin receptacle.

HH are pieces of gum or candies such as mints and the like in position in my receptacle. n

The use and operation of my invention are as follows z- The machine is filled with gum, candies, mints and the like and is placed in some public place, either hung upon the wall or standing upon a counter or some other support. The doors are held normally closed as a protection from moisture and dirt. Any one desiring to purchase from the machines has only to open the door against the slight pressure of the spring and then make his selection from the goods there displayed before placing his coin in the coin receptacle by means of the slot in the top of it. As soon as he releases his hold upon the 'door it closes and will tend by means of the spring which closes it to keep the gum or candy in the proper vplace should any of it have been partially dragged out by the purchaser in withdrawing the pieces which he bought.

In some forms I might prefer to manufacture my invention without the doors but the principle of the invention itself would,

of course be the same, and although I have l. A vending receptacle comprising a base member, a housing projecting from oneside thereof, containing a vplurality of separate vertically disposed package receiving cham bers adapted to hold stacks of superposed packages, the floor of each chamber being downwardly and rearwardly inclined, the v housing covered at the top by a curved rigid closure, closing'the ltop of each of 'the package chambers and doors pivoted on the bers adapted to hold vstacks yof superposed packages the floor of each chamber being clfov'mw-ardly land rearwardly inclined, the housing covered at the top by a curved rigid "closure, "closing the top of each of the package V'chafnnbers and doors pi'voted on the housing wall and yieldingly closing the fro'nt -side of the chambers, vthe doors being pivoted on the outside of the housing and terminating at points short of the center line oi the housing, whereby there 1s a vspace vbetween the inner edgesof the doors when they are closed, an advertising device mounted on the housing between said doors adapted to be lclosed atall times and a coin receptacle behind said advertised device.

In testimony whereof, I aIiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses this 7 th day of March 19119. Y

FRANK R. GREENE.

lVitnesses: l i i .MILD'RED MAGKLE, AGNES C. LARSEN 

